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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9086 

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy to increase membership in the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2024 

Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia (for herself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy 

to increase membership in the Comprehensive Security 

Integration and Prosperity Agreement, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON INCREASING MEM4 BERSHIP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY 

5 INTEGRATION AND PROSPERITY AGREE6 MENT. 

7 (a) REPORT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec3 retary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary 

4 of State, shall develop and submit to the appropriate 

5 congressional committees a report that includes a 

6 strategy to increase membership in the Comprehen7 sive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement 

8 (CSIPA), done at Washington, DC on September 

9 13, 2023. 

10 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required by para11 graph (1) shall also include a description of the fol12 lowing: 

13 (A) The comprehensive strategic benefits 

14 of the CSIPA being in place following the 

15 Houthi attacks on merchant vessels the Red 

16 Sea. 

17 (B) The reasons for which allied countries 

18 in the region have been hesitant to join CSIPA. 

19 (C) The long-term benefits of widened 

20 membership in the CSIPA. 

21 (D) How the framework of the CSIPA can 

22 be altered to foster broader regional security in23 tegration, bolster mutual deterrence against ex24 ternal threats, and expand cooperation in the 

25 fields of commerce, science, and technology. 


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1 (b) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 submission of the report required by subsection (a), the 

3 Secretary of Defense shall develop and submit to the ap4 propriate congressional committee a strategy on how to 

5 best engage allied countries in the Middle East to join the 

6 CSIPA and affirmative steps the Administration can take 

7 to increase membership in that agreement. 

8 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

9 and the strategy required by subsection (b) shall be sub10 mitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 

11 annex. 

12 (d) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later 

13 than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary devel14 ops the strategy required by subsection (b), the Secretary 

15 shall submit to the congressional defense committees, or 

16 provide such committees a briefing on, a plan for imple17 menting the strategy. 

18 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

19 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com20 mittees’’ means the Committee on Armed Services 

21 and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 

22 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

23 Armed Services and Select Committee on Intel24 ligence of the Senate. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit2 tees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services and 

3 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

4 the Senate. 

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